Te Runanga o Ngati Porou NATI LINK December 2000 ISSUE 15 Promotion part of successful year Te Runanga o Ngati Porou realised major financial gain and priceless promotion for its people during the 1999/2000 year. The year saw the Runanga achieve a net profit of $943,859, the largest in its 13 years of operation and up $777,477 on the 1998/99 year. It also saw a just under 25 percent increase in its total assets and the “blooming” of numerous successful ventures bearing the Ngati Porou name. Chief executive Amohaere Houkamau says a favourable year for the Pakihiroa/Puanga stations, positive results from the Runanga’s 1999/2000 fisheries negotiations and a significant increase in contract lease round for whanau and The majestic presence of the Maui and Hikurangi Maunga “created the magic that myths are hapu development contributed to made from.” the healthy return for runanga coffers. So too partnership with the Ministry of Education has This edition of Nati Link focuses on Te had innovative approaches in social, economic produced huge benefits for education in Ngati Runanga o Ngati Porou’s 1999-2000 and cultural development, much hard work and Porou-East Coast communities. Annual Report. The full report, including a good dose of perseverance and belief in the Ngati Porou has continued to demonstrate that the audited accounts, can be obtained Runanga’s direction. an -Crown win-win situation can be achieved from Runanga offices in and January 1, 2000 was a significant date with the with practical working relationships being Gisborne. world invited to witness the dawn awakening established in the education, social services for the new millennium from Hikurangi Maunga. and political forums. Amohaere Houkamau says one of the images images of the Maui whakairo off the moving Positive portrayals of iwi initiatives through the that remains vivid to her was Ngati Porou clouds all around the mountain. news media throughout the year also highlighted braving the morning cold, the mud and the rocks Te Aio o Nukutaimemeha has settled at Te the benefits of clearer communication protocols to ensure the show went on as planned. “This, Hataepe in the Waiapu after a decade- with outside organisations. coupled with the surreal atmosphere created by long stay at . The ’s relocation Nati Link has evolved into a glossy, promotional the majestic presence of the Maui whakairo was incorporated into the millennium celebrations. vehicle for all Ngati Porou. Future initiatives and Hikurangi Maunga, created the magic that The waka’s future is still being discussed but the will involve the Runanga creating and driving myths are made from.” waka will certainly become a tourist attraction its own medium of “message making” to the The visual impact of the Maui whakairo lighting and a focus for wananga about waka traditions. people. was “awesome” with the clouds reflecting the The establishment of a working model Treaty Continued on page 3

INSIDE CEO’s report ...... 2 Whanau/hapu development . Ngati Porou Festival ...... 12 Chairman’s report ...... 3 ...... 6-9 Honours awarded ...... 13 Consultation hui ...... 3 Corporate services ...... 10 Ngata lecture ...... 14-15 Economic development .. 4-5 Rugby supporters ...... 11 Inter- sports ...... 16 ...... Te Runanga o Ngati Porou NATI LINK December 2000

Report from the chief executive officer Amohaere Houkamau Tena tatou, Ngati Porou. Tena government networks and our the “lows”. One of the lows was the lack of tatou i o tatou mate, te iwi kua ability to engage whanau and dedicated, consistent attention given to Mana loans whiti atu ki tua o te arai, ki te hapu in designing the way and investments. If we had appropriately po. E nga mate o te wa, o te forward for the Runanga. The addressed these issues our profit margin would tau hoki, haere, haere, haere 50 percent change in the have been increased by 10 percent. Another atu ra. Tena tatou nga governance as per the 1999 low was our inability to progress Nga Ahorangi waihotanga iho a ratou ma puta Runanga elections brought with o te Reo ake o Ngati Porou because of limited noa i te rohe, a , tae atu ki nga it a need to quickly orientate financial resources. This must warrant a decision topito o Aotearoa, ki te ao hoki. the 10 new trustees and then to dedicate a percentage of this year’s profit to Ko Hikurangi te maunga, Ko build a cohesive foundation for promoting, protecting and enhancing to tatou Reo. Waiapu te awa, Ko Ngati the Board. The institution of In closing, I wish to thank all staff and the senior Porou te iwi postal voting was a first and this contributed to management team for their tireless effort and Anei te whakarapopototanga o nga mahi o te an increase in the numbers of voters and the commitment throughout the year, and the chairman tau kua taha ake nei. number of candidates. and the trustees for their stewardship and support. This report is a short version of my report in the The resolution of the outstanding issues I would also like to acknowledge the many Ngati Annual Report. This Nati Link is dedicated to surrounding the decade-old Hikurangi Covenant Porou people who provided advice, support, reporting on Runanga activities and celebrating was a relief and a highlight. (see Chair’s report). critical but constructive comments and guidance. some of the Ngati Porou successes. I would like to acknowledge the contribution Your contributions indicated to me that more and It has been a very hard year in regards to the made by Scarlet Poi, who returned as farm more Natis are taking an active interest in the huge workload but it has also been very manager on Pakihiroa in February. Scarlet was Runanga and want to ensure it develops in a rewarding. The highlights for me were the “the man from Hikurangi Maunga ”, having manner consistent with the Runanga’s vision. significant increase in our profit margin for the farmed in the area for years and developed a Ko te whakapumau i te mana motuhake o Ngati year, the millennium celebrations, improvements respect and admiration for the maunga, its moods Porou i roto i tona Mana Atua, Mana Tangata, in our financial management operations, and nuances. Mana Whenua. No reira kia tau nga manaakitanga relationship building with key central and local The year wasn’t all “highs” but they outweighed a Te Runga Rawa runga i a tatou katoa. Report from the chairman Apirana Mahuika E nga whanau puta noa nga the absolute owners of our issues such as who will be the negotiators in noho anga kaenga o Ngati sacred mountain as well as the regards to our claim and what structure should be Porou whanui, tena koutou, tena managers of the Conservation in place to manage the negotiations and hoki tatau katoa. Ko te kupu Estate in the Hikurangi Block. compensation once our claim has been resolved tuatahi he tuku roimata atu ki o PANZ (Public Access NZ) and satisfactorily. The WAI 272 is a major undertaking tatou mate e tuatini e hingahinga Dr Hugh Barr and co have with much more yet to be done and achieved. tonu nei i tena marae, i tena made outlandish claims in the Fisheries:Our stance has always been to lobby nohoanga tangata puta noa te media, saying public access Te Ohu Kaimoana to allocate the fisheries assets motu nei. E nga mate haere atu has been guaranteed by their that are held on trust for iwi. This is a perennial ki tua o te arai ki nga pa kaenga negotiations. This is absolutely problem with finality still some distance away. kei te po. He mihi hoki ki a tatau ki te hunga ora kei incorrect. PANZ has challenged my reports on While it is good to have Whaimutu Dewes actively muri nei. Hikurangi in the media, but I was able to produce involved with our Ngati Porou commercial fisheries Another year has passed and another AGM has signed agreements between us and the Crown in strategic planning, we are disappointed he was come about in which TRONP has had to account 1999, thus destroying their claims. This has been not re-appointed as a TOKM commissioner. to its beneficiaries for its trusteeship. a 10-year stint but, having succeeded, we can Acknowledgements: I would like to thank those The annual report deals with every area in which rest assured that we are once again part of Hikurangi staff who ceased working for the Runanga this trustees and staff were involved in the past year. and it is part of us. year, in particular I acknowledge the great work of I recommend the report to you for both your WAI 272: This is our Treaty Claim against the corporate services manager Josie Tangaere and information and, where appropriate, your Crown and we are well down the track with this, Arnold Reedy’s contribution to fisheries. I thank constructive criticism as appropriate in order that though we still have some way to go in terms of the CEO and her staff for their work this year and the way ahead may be better and our planning for research documentation. look forward to an equally fulfilling 2001. To new the future will result in improved results for all. Many affidavits have been compiled from one end staff, welcome. To the trustees, thank you for your I wish to briefly name some issues in which I of Ngati Porou to the other with more yet to be work for our iwi. have been heavily involved over the past year. made. It is hoped that in 2001 we can move Kia tatau katoa, tena tatau i noho i nga ra o te Mt Hikurangi: At last we of Ngati Porou will be around our people, talk about the claim and discuss kirihimete me te tau hou. page two Te Runanga o Ngati Porou NATI LINK December 2000 Nationwide hui demanding but rewarding

It was a hectic and demanding 11 days for Runanga representatives early last month who travelled to 10 consultation hui from Kaikohe to Dunedin. The consultation team, comprising CEO Amohaere Houkamau, Huhana Tuhaka and observer/support people, Rawiri Ruru and Heni Marsh, presented three discussion papers – the Runanga Strategic Plan, Ngati Porou Commercial Fisheries Plan and the Runanga Representation Model. They were assisted by Selwyn Parata (in , and Gisborne); Anaru Paenga (Hamilton and Rotorua); Koro Dewes (Gisborne, Christchurch Ngati Porou at the Rotorua consultation hui. and Dunedin); Keepa Paenga (Gisborne); and Whaimutu Dewes (Auckland, after being updated on Runanga activities and the need to hold hui early in the year. Notice was Rotorua, Wellington and Dunedin). business on a quarterly basis and at the same required six to eight weeks beforehand and The gruelling nature of the trip, particularly for time update the Runanga about issues of interest agenda and information packs needed to be those attending all or most of the hui, indicates the and concern to their respective Taura Here. distributed at least a month before the hui. need to have two or three teams sharing the It was suggested wananga be held on Ngati Iwi/Maori radio station networks, Marae’s Panui responsibility for consultation. Porou reo, tikanga, history, whakapapa, waiata- section and local community newspapers could The representatives provided a general overview a-ringa and moteatea. The Runanga was asked be used to advertise hui. A Runanga liaison of the vision, key goals, structure and profile of to help organise the Ngata Memorial Lectures to person and key contacts from Taura Here roopu the Runanga and outlined the process for ensure a return to the format and kaupapa of the would also help improve communication, developing each of the three discussion papers original lectures. particularly re planning and organising hui. and the timeframes for returning responses on Ngati Porou people were also keen to have an It was suggested that the Runanga prepare a each paper. input into determining the criteria for the Runanga’s calendar, setting dates for the year’s consultation Although responses and submissions on the annual education grants. hui and hui-a-iwi by the end of the first week in Runanga Strategic Plan and the Ngati Porou Amohaere Houkamau says many lessons were February for distribution. This could be posted on Commercial Fisheries Strategic Plan were due learned from this year’s consultation including the Runanga website and regularly updated. by December 15, late submissions will be received up until January 26. Responses and Success reflects greater sense of unity submissions on the Runanga Representation From page 1: achieve their set performance targets. Models are due by the end of February 2001. The Ngati Porou website will soon be On top of the “to do” list for the 2001 year is the The times, dates and venues for the four local revamped with a new-look programme using Nga Ahorangi o te Reo Ake o Ngati Porou consultation hui, to be held at Whangara, Tokomaru the latest technology to attract the attention of initiative. This venture will focus on the Bay, Ruatoria and , will be confirmed cyber-surfing Nati. promotion, enhancement and protection of Ngati before the end of December. Te Aitanga a Hauiti “The Ngati Porou Tourism brand is an exciting Porou reo among Ngati Porou at home and are hosting a consultation hui at 10am on January new venture with marketing and promotional abroad. 5 at Hauiti Marae. advantages. It has potential to steer the Runanga The Porou Consultancy service and Mana Taura Here raised various issues at the into international business and development Loan administration process also need to be consultation hui. arenas.” reviewed and upgraded to create the efficiencies The need was identified to improve TRONP Tourism proved they could foot it with sought. communications between TRONP and Taura the major national players when they won the “Guarantees to revisit, reassess and Here, and networking opportunities between EXPO 2000 Hospitality Award at TRENZ. And restrategise these projects (especially in the Taura Here and Natis living in the areas served the Ngati Porou winning streak reached into health and housing services) have been made by the 12 Taura Here roopu. A range of the tussock lands of Oamaru with the Ngati for the New Year. communication methods was suggested including Porou-East Coast rugby team winning the third “The success of the Runanga this year reflects email, website, Nati Link, radio and kanohi kitea. division championship again. the success that Ngati Porou has achieved It was also suggested that Taura Here be Despite all these successes, Amohaere particularly in a greater sense of unity and our established as “embassies”. Appointed Houkamau says TRONP also realises its collective pursuit of the goals that we all share ambassadors would update Taura Here roopu responsibilities to those projects that did not for our whanau, hapu and iwi.”

page three Te Runanga o Ngati Porou NATI LINK December 2000 Report from economic development Dawn event a highlight of tourism year Establishing and developing a sound Ngati Porou tourism infrastructure was the main priority for the Runanga’s tourism arm during the 1999/2000 year. And this will continue to be the Runanga’s prime focus as it strives to support the delivery of successful whanau/hapu tourism initiatives. But the year’s highlights were undoubtedly the world-acclaimed Hikurangi Maunga Dawn Event and winning the TRENZ EXPO 2000 Hospitality Award. The annual TRENZ three-day tourism exhibition proved once again to be a successful forum to promote and market Ngati Porou. The Runanga produced a range of quality products with increasing sale targets. Merchandise designs and the production of calendars, posters, T-shirts, polo shirts, phone cards and aerial images for sale is ongoing. Runanga CEO Amohaere Houkamau and tourism co-ordinator Kerry Johnston fresh from The tourism service was also responsible for the TRENZ success. the presentation and content upgrade of the TRONP website. The tourism service’s role is to establish Tourism to numerous Ngati Porou groups including marae During the year 10 hapu/community tourism Ngati Porou as a viable and sustainable clusters and the land development group, hui were held, nine four-wheel drive tours to economic enterprise. It aims to promote and Ruawaipu. Hikurangi co-ordinated and six individual and market Ngati Porou tourism initiatives, establish A feasibility study was initiated on the purchase four community-based tourism packages were regional, national and international tourism of crayfish quota and the preliminary findings designed and delivered. An international marae- networks and capitalise on national and presented to the Board. Full due diligence needs based tourism package was also co-ordinated. international exposure generated from the to be conducted on this proposal. However, the Runanga is still looking to find Hikurangi Maunga Dawn Event. The Runanga identified appropriate joint venture five major investment opportunities in Ngati Other projects aimed at developing economic partners for commercial fisheries but the pursuit Porou tourism developments and to complete opportunities for the Runanga and Ngati Porou of these arrangements has been put on hold to feasibility studies of all new investment were also investigated. ensure all joint ventures are consistent with the opportunities. Advice and administration support was provided proposed Ngati Porou commercial fisheries strategic plan. The development of a cultural, economic and social values framework for assessing appropriate commercial investments is ongoing. The Runanga is committed to developing the framework in consultation with Ngati Porou hapu and marae. The aims of the economic development arm of the Runanga are to assist Ngati Porou whanau and hapu to develop their own economic initiatives, increase the Runanga’s asset base and generate better rates of return on all investments.

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Report from economic development Fisheries’ profit up 75 percent on previous year The $1.086 net profit achieved from fishing quota representatives who have completed a draft • Support the retention of the (then) during the 1999/2000 financial year was the plan for discussion. Whaimutu Dewes convened commissioners on Te Ohu Kai Moana. largest achieved by the Runanga since its the working party. The financial statements note that an agreement inception. Part of the Runanga’s information sharing exists whereby the Runanga is obliged to This net profit for the 1999/2000 crayfish and strategy was to distribute information packs on acquire its pro rata portion of the Treaty of wet fish quota lease rounds was a 75 percent a regular basis, make itself available to discuss Waitangi Fisheries Commission’s shares in increase on the previous year’s net income of fisheries developments and organise the annual Mount Fishmarkets Ltd plus a portion of costs $620,688. marae bus trip to Te Ohu Kai Moana AGM. for due diligence. One of the major challenges during the year At the AGM, numerous iwi gave their The sum is estimated to be $100,000 and will was responding to the increasing expectations overwhelming support to the Ngati Porou be settled as part of the ultimate distribution of of hapu keen on becoming pro-active partners submission which stated that: the fishery assets. in the business of fisheries. There were varying • Ngati Porou wanted allocation on the basis The Fisheries Commission Te Ohu Kai Moana views on how the Runanga should progress of the optimum method of allocation model presently holds fisheries assets on behalf of all these developments but it reached accord on to occur forthwith iwi groups. the need to develop a Ngati Porou Commercial • That all litigation should cease and that those No recognition was made of these assets in the Fisheries Plan. parties who wished to continue with litigation Runanga’s 1999/2000 financial statements as However, this was not completed by the end of should finance their own claims and not uncertainty continues as to the model for the 1999/2000 financial year but the Runanga seek financial assistance from Te Ohu Kai distribution of these assets and to whom they has convened a working party of marae/hapu Moana will be allocated. Turnaround reflects climatically favourable year Pakihiroa/Puanga Station Pakihiroa is a 2500 hectare block of steep contour hill country running 11,500 sheep and beef stock units. Puanga is a 265 hectare block of easy to moderate hill country running 2500 sheep and finishing cattle units. A $300,000 positive turnaround on the previous year reflects a climatically favourable year with good pasture growth throughout the season. This was a vast change to the previous two drought-affected years. The reopening of the bridge in December 1999 enabled unhindered Scarlet Poi says goodbye to his Pakihiroa manager’s role. access and stock sales. Stock sales were well Investments Mana Loans up on the previous year with strong markets for Reviews of the Runanga’s investments were The Mana Loans service provides a lending sheep and beef. not carried out during the 1999/2000 year facility for initiatives that will benefit Ngati These markets remain strong for the coming because of other priorities taking precedence. Porou. While no new loans were granted season with a vast improvement in wool prices However, the Runanga says this is a critical during the 1999/2000 year, the Runanga is poitning to strong revenue gene0ration. task to be achieved by December 2000. keen to explore numerous opportunities The long-term strategic plan targets re-investment Part of the Economic Development arm’s current within the portfolio and review its key back into the properties to achieve long-term strategy involves reviewing its investments and objectives. sustainable profits in the vicinity of 10 percent on seeking further options. Feasibility studies of all The funding realised from the repayment of assets. The asset value for the 1999/2000 year new investment opportunities is continuing. many previous loans will enable further was estimated at $3m giving a return of 9.9 The aim of Runanga investments is to assist investments in Ngati Porou businesses. percent. The net profit for the year was $298,000. the economic development of whanau and hapu The Runanga is reviewing its current Parts of the Farm Business Plan completed in and ensure investments and assets generate a management practices of this portfolio to July 2000 have already been instigated. reasonable and sustainable rate of return. ensure maximum benefits to Ngati Porou.

page five Te Runanga o Ngati Porou NATI LINK December 2000 Report from whanau/hapu development Success in nutrition and injury prevention programmes The highs and lows of the health reforms are reflected in the performance of the two Hauora functions performed by the Runanga during the 199/ 2000 year. The Runanga has two specific roles — political advocate/ policy analyst and health promotion educator which both contribute to the development of hauora initiatives. The roles complement and enhance the role of Ngati Porou Hauroa, the major health service provider within the district. The success of the advocacy role for the 1999/2000 year was dependent on the Runanga’s A nutrition hui at Tairawhiti Marae, . ability to secure a Treaty partnership agreement with the Health Funding achieved excellent results with a 100 percent Matakaoa and Waiapu areas because of ongoing Authority for strategic involvement in HFA pass rate for all 314 participants. support received from the marae in these areas, governance and policy. A road safety book and car restraint flip chart, the location of kaiawhina and budget constraints. The agreement was negotiated with the HFA and targeting kohanga reo, was launched at Te These factors all contributed to the withdrawal of a budget agreed to in September 1999. However, Aowera Marae in April. These resources, the service from and Uawa. In delays from the HFA meant the agreement did designed by the team, local artists and pakeke, making this decision, the Runanga was conscious not proceed before the change of government. were distributed to all kohanga reo in the rohe. that both areas had already developed sound Consequently the planned Health Treaty The Runanga also implemented the AA’s Driver nutrition bases and had the infrastructures, such relationship and proposed health outputs were Licence service, a first for an iwi authority as Hauiti Oranga Whanau, to continue to focus not achieved and are still on hold. nationwide. While the costs of delivering this on nutrition as part of their own Healthy Lifestyles The separation of the joint venture Community service were slightly higher than the contract fee Programme. Injury Prevention Programme contract and received, the excellent PR generated The aim of the Community Nutrition service is to sole management responsibilities to TRONP and compensated for the financial loss. provide marae-based and community nutrition TROTAK was one of the most significant The downside of implementing this new service health promotion programmes relating to a healthy developments during the year. This separation was that the Runanga was unable to deliver its lifestyle. enabled both runanga to take full responsibility Bus and Bike Safety Programme for primary It also aims to provide planning and policy for design, delivery and governance of their schools. This is a priority for the 2000/2001 year. development in the health promotion area of public own projects. All Community Nutrition outputs for the year were health to ensure appropriate nutrition programmes Marae-based Driver’s Licence Programmes met. The programme was concentrated in the for Ngati Porou. Treaty efforts worth celebrating The Runanga had cause to celebrate its efforts Orr-Nimmo was expected to release her report Ongoing projects include co-ordinating the researching Treaty of Waitangi claims during the in December 2000 on all research completed by research and presentation of Ngati Porou Treaty 1999/2000 year. the Runanga. This report could provide the basis claims, assisting hapu to develop their The Wai 262 Intellectual Property and Cultural for direct negotiation with the Crown as an option customary fisheries management plans, and Heritage claim hearing for Ngati Porou co- for the settlement of Ngati Porou Treaty claims. their environmental resource plans. claimants was successfully completed in 1999. Hapu and whanau environmental resource The Runanga is also taking part in a working Arrangements were also made with the Waitangi management planning was restricted to a party to establish a Ngati Porou archive and will Tribunal for a comprehensive overview report of minimum without designated funding. The continue to keep Ngati Porou informed about Ngati Porou Treaty claims. Runanga’s involvement in the Treaty of Waitangi hearings and negotiations. The Wai 272 Ngati Porou Waitangi Tribunal Claim Council resource management process continued The Runanga has contracted Rainey Collins is on target for the Tribunal hearing to be held some with the Runanga actively involved in the Waiapu Wright and Co to progress the Wai 272 Treaty time in the middle of next year. Historian Kathy Landfill resource consent hearing in 2000. claim. page six Te Runanga o Ngati Porou NATI LINK December 2000

Report from whanau/hapu development Whaia te iti kahurangi helping turn schools around Whaia te iti kahurangi proved a crowning success for the Runanga, the Ngati Porou/East Coast schools and the Ministry of Education in improving the education of Coast children during the 1999/2000 year. Since Ngati Porou/East Coast Coast schools received a damning ERO report in 1997, Whaia te iti kahurangi has worked to increase the number of schools meeting ERO compliances and the number of students receiving an acceptable standard of education. In 1997 only 37 percent of students were receiving the accepted standard of education. The Runanga’s involvement in the project facilitated a greater understanding and appreciation of the role and function of education in Ngati Porou development. Kohanga Reo staff and parents (from left) Huia Swann, Piki Paki, Daryllene The partnership approach developed with the Rogers and Nancy Aupouri gather at the kohanga. Ministry of Education is seen as the “Best The role of the Runanga in education is to year, including school performance management Practice” model of a Treaty-based relationship develop strategic alliances that contribute to systems and student assessment. that the Runanga has been able to establish with increasing the range and quality of education The Runanga/Ministry of Education team, any Crown agency or government department. and training opportunities available to Ngati comprising three full-time and three part-time The achievements of the project have been Porou. It also provides oversight, advice and staff, operate from the Ruatoria Runanga office significant not least being the collaboration support for all education and training initiatives and is funded by the Ministry of Education. achieved within school communities, between delivered as part of the Whaia te iti kahurangi The Runanga continues to be a pro-active member schools, the Ministry and the Runanga. programme and the Kiwa Education Partnership. of the Kiwa Education Partnership, a joint venture During the year, the Runanga/ between the Gisborne Education forum, Gisborne Ministry of Education signed District Council, Te Runanga o Turanganui a Kiwa a Memorandum of and the Ministry of Education to improve the Understanding with the education of students in the Gisborne region. It is Ministry of Education. Ministry hoped that the achievements made with Whaia te funding was then accessed to iti kahurangi will be repeated with the Kiwa project. meet 50 percent of the total During the year, the Ministry and Runanga also costs that the Runanga incurs agreed to conduct a feasibility study on the in fulfilling its co-management establishment of a Ngati Porou Education entity role. All seven key goal areas and the development of a Ngati Porou Curriculum David Goldsmith with a Manutahi School class. were progressed during the Framework. Assisting people to save for deposits on own homes The Runanga provided emergency housing strategy and improvements to the Low Deposit The Runanga is dedicated to improving the and assisted its Home Ownership Skills course Rural Lending Programme including capping number of loan approvals and facilitating the graduates learn how to save for a deposit interest rates for a fixed term and reducing the building of houses by Ngati Porou builders. during the 1999-2000 year. deposit from 5 percent to 3 percent. And it is committed to the strategic positioning As a member of the Iwi Housing Forum, it also However, the Runanga did not achieve its set of the Iwi Housing Forum as the “advocate and accessed provider development funding from targets for loan approvals for houses built and/ policy advisor” to Housing Corporation Te Puni Kokiri head office and prepared a draft or purchased expected in the 1999-2000 year. , Te Puni Kokiri and the Ministry Memorandum of Understanding with the When compared to the national average for of Social Policy on Iwi Housing. Ministry of Social Policy, to provide policy home-ownership, where it takes seven years Runanga CEO Amohaere Houkamau was advice on Maori housing. for a household to save for a deposit, Runanga appointed to the five-person Ministerial Advisory Other achievements included the completion clients compared favourably. One in seven Working Party on Income-Related Rents. of a SWOT analysis of the Runanga Housing Runanga clients achieve home ownership in Housing staff were also involved in reference service and a three-year Ngati Porou Housing five years or less. groups addressing regional housing initiatives.

page seven Te Runanga o Ngati Porou NATI LINK December 2000 Report from whanau/hapu development Over 1000 receive counselling services Counselling proved to be one of the busiest Child Youth and Families Service the policies school holiday programmes and the traditional services offered by Runanga Iwi Social and procedures it would use to recruit and train care and protection wananga. About 300 people Services during the 1999-2000 year. caregivers. benefited from the home management skills Runanga iwi social services counselled hundreds Truancy was another service provided by the programme and a further 300 people received of people including 40 people for violence, drug Runanga. Three part-time truancy officers were parenting skills. A total of 240 children attended and alcohol recovery and prevention; 73 people employed to work with clusters of schools in the the school holiday programme and another for rape and sexual abuse; 60 people for abuse prevention programmes and also provided advice information and advocacy to 959 people. The full-time Gisborne-based Iwi Social Services co-ordinator, assisted by two full-time counsellors based at Kaiti and Ruatoria and a full-time worker based at Ngata Memorial College and Te Waha O Rerekohu Area School implemented the drug and alcohol programme, Tihei Mauriora. The demand for counselling services across Ngati Porou was very high and, with only two counsellors to cover the region, high transport costs contributed to the budget being overspent. The Runanga’s budgeting advice service once again was in high demand. One full-time and one part-time budgeting counsellor assisted 149 whanau while 60 whanau benefited from attending Gisborne Runanga Iwi Social Services staff from left: counsellor Kathy Priestley, Whanau the service’s budget education workshops. NZ Support worker Riria Fox, and budget adviser Judy Kururangi. Income Support referred a further 28 whanau for specialist budgeting advice and emergency Matakaoa, Ruatoria and Uawa areas. This course providing self-esteem support assisted housing support service was provided for 30 Ministry of Education funded programme 100 people. Over 200 whanau benefited from whanau. Like counselling, the budget advice complements the Social Workers in Schools the care and protection wananga. service faced high transport costs so staff could initiative. The Runanga is the sponsor for the East Coast provide an affordable mobile service. The Truancy management committee’s principal Safer Communities programme under contract Social workers on the Social Workers in representatives believe it is a neccesary to the Crime Prevention Unit. A local council Schools project were also kept busy during the service that alleviates the pressure on school co-ordinates hapu and government agencies to year. The project is promoted as part of the teachers to become social workers so they can find local solutions to crime prevention problems Government Strengthening Families initiative focus on being educators. as part of the programme. and Whaia te iti kahurangi. It is aimed at The Runanga also provided support for parents The council funds small crime prevention supporting whanau to improve the health, welfare with new-born children. The Parents as First strategies and implemented a youth project a and educational outcomes of children. Whanau Teachers programme advises parents on their Ruatoria. The three-year review of the Safer Support social workers helped 254 whanau in child’s development and supports them to be Communities profile is continuing. crisis and provided support to 250 children and positive and proactive parents. One worker The Runanga successfully advocated for the their whanau. One full-time whanau worker employed for 20 hours a week was based at establishment of a separate Strengthening based in Gisborne provided support in crisis Ruatoria to deliver whanau support sessions Families committee for the Ngati Porou/East situations to complement the work of the Kaiti- and one-on-one early childhood and parenting Coast and facilitates the Ngati Porou/East Coast based Te Whae Atawhai (social worker). Part- support to 25 whanau. Difficulties in co-ordinating Whakapakari Whanau (Strengthening Families) time Te Whae Atawhai workers were based at regular monthly meetings for widely dispersed Management group. This group meets with the Area School, Ngata Memorial whanau resulted in only three of the eight East Coast Safer Communities Council on a College and Te Waha o Rerekohu Area School. whanau group support sessions being held. six-weekly basis and the Runanga’s role is to Care & Protection was one of the new contracts The Runanga signalled in its five-year strategic monitor how agencies interface with Ngati Porou taken on by the Runanga which involved plan that it would exit social service delivery whanau/hapu. completing a feasibility study on the establishment and support hapu to take over this responsibility. The Runanga also successfully negotiated the of a caregiver service within Ngati Porou. The Each of the 12 hapu committees represented on first memorandum of understanding with the NZ Runanga designed a caregiver service the TRONP Hapu Social Service Committee Council of Victim Support to establish a joint framework and produced a caregiver’s manual. was allocated $7500 to deliver home venture, rather than Ngati Porou becomiing an The manual enabled the Runanga to describe to management skills, parenting, self-esteem, affiliate member. page eight Te Runanga o Ngati Porou NATI LINK December 2000

Report from whanau/hapu development Nearly $30,000 distributed to Ngati Porou students One hundred and eleven tertiary students, and were given for the Ngata Lectures, the prize money. General millennium grants three secondary schools and four groups Ngati Porou Hui Taurima, the Tairawhiti Music totalling $3,450 were distributed to eight promoting Ngati Poroutanga were some of the Awards and for Nga Taonga a Nga Tama Toa individuals/groups. recipients of Runanga trust funds in 1999-2000. Trust. Hapu development grants to promote Ngati Tertiary grants totalling $29,650 were distributed Under the rangatahi/whanau development Poroutanga were also distributed. to third-year Ngati Porou students and those grant scheme four grants totalling $2550 were Eleven grants were approved for two marae, at post-graduate level as part of the education distributed for one-off activities to help rangatahi four trusts, two schools and three sporting grant scheme.The three secondary schools in and whanau become more self-sufficient or groups for wananga to enhance reo, tikanga, the Ngati Porou region, Te Waha o Rerekohu, skilled in social and economic areas. whakapapa etc. Ngata Memorial College and Tolaga Bay Area Millennium grants also boosted marae coffers The Taura Here Development grant and the School also benefited with each receiving a by $270,000 in the 1999-2000 year. The hardship grants were not distributed in 1999- $500 scholarship to award to a student or Runanga applied for lottery funds on behalf of 2000. students who demonstrated a particular strength 30 marae and each marae received $9000. The taura here grant is given to taura here to in a subject area. The Runanga also sponsored the Tau Ruamano help them co-ordinate and administer taura here $4000 worth of Ngati Poroutanga grants were Bowls Competition, the Golf operations while the hardship grant is for also distributed. The grants are aimed at Tournament and the Ngati Porou inter-marae whanau assessed as requiring emergency fostering Ngati Poroutanga through wananga festival where 12 marae received $10,000 in financial assistance. Te Runanga o Ngati Porou STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE for year ended 30 June, 2000

2000 1999 REVENUE $ $ Grants and contracts 1,913,099 912,755 Interest received 47,835 70,464

Net fishing quota income 1,086,453 620,688 Family Start/Tuhono Whanau staff from left Min Love, Waimaria Farming income 536,430 378,428 Houia and Peggy White. Farm holding gain 224,723 43,077 Sundry income 118,085 108,259 TOTAL REVENUE 3,926,625 2,133,671

EXPENSES Staff 1,252,966 930,222 Trustees’ fees and expenses 191,221 80,570 Operating expenses 1,130,927 599,885 Judge Caren Wickcliffe is welcomed on to Te Poho o Rawiri Marae. Interest paid 52,111 72,736 Farming 199,219 199,554 Depreciation 115,372 81,489 Doubtful debts provision written back - (20,989) Bad debts written off 18,950 2,155 Audit fees 22,000 21,667 Total expenses 2,982,766 1,967,289

NET SURPLUS $943,859 $166,382 From left: Amohaere Houkamau, Essie Keelan, Selwyn Parata and Api Mahuika at the opening of Tuhono Whanau.

page nine Te Runanga o Ngati Porou NATI LINK December 2000 Report from corporate services Rugby sponsorship one of major highlights Efficient management of the Runanga elections, improved financial reporting, sponsorship of the Ngati Porou East Coast Rugby Football Union and six “slick” issues of Nati Link were some of the major outcomes from Runanga corporate services for the 1999-2000 year. The appointment of a new financial manager in February 2000 saw improved financial reporting. Improved budgeting provided detailed information for trustees, CEO and management to monitor financial performance and internal controls, and establish and update policies and procedures. Cohesive financial training to help improve managerial, staff and board skills was implemented. A new electronic payroll made salary payments Plan saw technology facilities upgraded so staff information to staff and trustees a week before the more efficient and, although Runanga activities could access and use Map Info, E-mail and monthly board hui and Hui-a-Iwi. increased, finance costs remained stable. The Internet. The Runanga also maintained the Internet Administrative support was provided to all financial manager compiled the annual accounts web-site to communicate with beneficiaries and Runanga areas but the conversion of the filing for audit rather than contracting an external produced a Ngati Porou calendar of events and system to CD Rom and the archiving of all accountant. This was more cost-effective but the two Ngati Porou promotional posters. The co- outdated Runanga files outlining the history of Te downside was that final audit was not completed ordination of four Hui-a-Iwi including the Hui-a- Runanga o Ngati Porou is yet to be achieved. until the end of November instead the end of Tau and the updating of the Runanga Beneficiary While all staff have current job descriptions and September. Registration was also achieved. employment contracts, they did not receive training The Runanga’s sponsorship of the Ngati Porou The Runanga’s weekly reports on Radio Ngati plans and nor did they undergo six-monthly East Coast Rugby Football Union was seen as Porou were reduced during the year because performance appraisals even though performance one of the most effective ways to promote the the Runanga was unable to get a range of staff to appraisals were completed for all staff. The Runanga and Ngati Porou. The name Ngati Porou package an interactive, integrated radio Runanga has budgeted in the 2000-2001 year to became part of the team name, at the Runanga’s programmes. recruit a human resources manager to implement request, and the Runanga logo was included on The 1999/2000 year saw the successful six-monthly performance appraisals. the rugby jerseys. completion of Te Runanga o Ngati Porou Trustee Other significant enhancements to information The most significant improvement to Runanga elections by mail after an amendment to the services included the Runanga’s association with information services was the “slick presentation TRONP Act allowed for postal voting. initiatives such as Whaia te iti kahurangi, which of the ‘new look’ Nati Link”. The range of news The timelines involved in delivering board meeting initiated its own regular newsletters, and the was enough to tantalise the interest of most Nati. information packs to trustees is an ongoing extensive media coverage received leading up The Runanga Communications and Information concern. The aim is to disseminate the necessary to and during the changeover to the millennium. As a result of that coverage, the Runanga developed three promotional videos, excellent resources for distribution on a cost recovery basis. Management operations were reviewed by June 2000. Adjustments approved by the Board included the appointment of a finance manager and other specialist skilled positions such as the communications officer and board secretary. The Ruatoria office building was painted during the year and there are plans to renovate. Two vehicles were replaced and lease vehicles are being considered as an option to reduce costs. As part of the Ngati Porou East Coast Rugby Football Union sponsorship deal, free office space Te Kura o Hauiti performers from Tolaga Bay strut their stuff at the Ngati Porou Festival. valued at $4600 pa was provided. Photo: Henrietta Redshaw

page ten Te Runanga o Ngati Porou NATI LINK December 2000 Supporters show New Zealand how it’s done They pledged to stand on State Highway 35 in the middle of the night and powhiri the team. They tested the strength of the floorboards at the Ruatoria Hotel with their jubilation. They sang in lounges and pubs throughout the country. They are the Ngati Porou East Coast supporters and when they celebrated the team’s third division NPC victory they did it the only way Natis know how – through their Ngati Poroutanga. On North Otago’s home-ground, Centennial Park Oamaru, some supporters Ngati Porou East Coast players respond to the rousing powhiri they received from supporters with a sang and performed the so haka at . fervently they lost their voices. When Ngati Porou East Coast won it was not 66 supporters who North Otago nicknamed “ only a team victory but a victory for every Nati the supporters from hell”. nationwide. As Ngati Porou East Coast captain And when the victorious supporters and team Wirihana Raihania explained after the win, North returned to Gisborne Airport, Natis were there Otago were backed by 5000 supporters but again. Sixty Natis greeted the team and Ngati Porou East Coast carried the hopes of supporters with a rousing haka and action song 56,000 supporters nationwide. –while at least a further 200 packed the airport Wherever Ngati Porou East Coast went during terminal. the 2000 season, Natis followed. When Ngati Supporter Natalie Cairns, who travelled from Porou East Coast beat Horowhenua 31-30 at Ruatoria, said the trip was a fantastic experience. Auckland’s Eden Park, the terraces were full of “The atmosphere with the supporters was both Auckland and Coast Natis. When the team absolutely awesome. It didn’t matter if we won played in the final, a bus-load of Natis travelled or lost I would do it all again.” Runanga deputy chairman Selwyn Parata from Invercargill to support the 66 supporters Coach Joe Mc Clutchie also attributed his welcomes the team with a haka. who flew on a special charter flight from team’s success to Ngati Porou spirit. Gisborne. “Our catchcry is Nati, Nati, Nati. When we’re “You can have the best players in the country Even Te Runanga o Ngati Porou got in on the behind, that’s the call that goes out and you can but if you don’t have team spirit you have act, co-ordinating the air and bus travel for the see the players respond. nothing.”

Sam Pihema who holds a Ngati Porou East Coast banner, was one of the many supporters who flooded Gisborne Airport to welcome the team at Labour Weekend.

page eleven Te Runanga o Ngati Porou NATI LINK December 2000 Composers’ work revived at Ngati Porou festival

Te Whanau a Ruataupare composers Tuini Ngawai and Ngoi Pewhairangi may be gone but they are not forgotten. At the Ngati Porou Cultural Festival (Hui Taurima Rua Mano) held during Labour Weekend at Tokomaru Bay, where the composers hail from, groups revived their old songs including some that had not been sung for some 30 years. Over 1000 people gathered to hear Ngati Porou from throughout the country perform at the annual event held to celebrate Ngati Porou composition, performance and Over 1000 people gathered at Hatea-a-Rangi domain, Tokomaru Bay for the Ngati Porou Festival. whanaungatanga. Festival communications/PR co-ordinator Nga Kura Kotiro, an all women group from Jacqueline Ingle. Two primary school aged Henrietta Redshaw said the event, which Christchurch, performers from Auckland’s St teams from Hamilton, tutored by former attracted over 20 groups to Hatea-A-Rangi John’s Theological College and groups from Rangitukia woman Materoa Collins, also domain, was a huge success. Christchurch, Hamilton, Auckland and performed for the first time at the festival. “For Te Whanau a Ruataupare the festival is Manawatu were made up of Ngati Porou Henrietta says the festival opened by Maori Affairs about bringing our people together to celebrate performers. Minister Parekura Horomia was enjoyable for lots our identity as Ngati Porou. It’s people like Nga Kura Kotiro brought a different dimension of reasons including the revival of old Ngati Porou Nanny Tuini and Aunty Ngoi that made a and was recent runners-up in the South Island waiata and the blend of traditional and contemporary difference to our lives, particularly kaupapa Maori Super 12 Kapa Haka competition and waiata to acknowledge the occasion. Maori”. included Tokomaru Bay–raised Ahi Takurua and “It’s very hard to put your finger on any one thing being significant because everything about the Ngati Porou festival is significant. It is wonderful to see the support and participation and the contribution made by groups in keeping Ngati Porou tikanga and taonga alive. “And I hope that this continues and each community plays its part in preserving the kaupapa for future generations. Next year’s festival will be held at Te Poho o Rawiri Marae, Gisborne and she urged groups to prepare and respond. “For future festivals it’s very helpful if participating groups express their interest early. This then enables the Ngati Porou ki te organising committee to Waipounamu formulate, plan, organise perform their and disseminate information rendition of the well beforehand. It will also haka. help with the promotion and Photos: Henrietta advertising of the festival Redshaw programme.” It was also pleasing to see The female many young performers, performers Ngati she says. The festival was Porou ki te well represented by several Waipounamu local groups within the display their Tairawhiti rohe. singing talent. page twelve Te Runanga o Ngati Porou NATI LINK December 2000 Food appointment a boost for iwi Te Runanga o Ngati Porou Nutrition expertise in public health, food and Injury and Prevention Manager science, human nutrition, public Hiki Pihema is giving Maori nutrition administration and consumer rights. an international profile. Her background in Maori health and In November, she became the first international experience as the Maori appointed as a Director to the President of the NZ Dietetic Australia New Zealand Food Association were advantages. Authority (ANZFA), the body that “Because the information is so governs Australia and New technical, each member of the board Zealand’s food standards. She sees has their own area of expertise but her appointment as a boost for Ngati no other board member has Porou. expertise in Maori nutrition and one “When I joined Te Runanga o Ngati Newly-appointed Australia and New Zealand Food Authority of ANZFA’S strategic goals is to Porou, one of my major goals was (ANZFA) director Hiki Pihema explains the importance of checking develop a relationship with Maori.” to continue to raise the profile of nutritional food labels. “Based on the work carried out by nutrition and healthy eating within Ngati Porou Hiki Pihema has 25 years’ experience in dietetics ANZFA, Maori people can be assured that the and I see this position as one way of doing that.” and Maori health, has lectured at Otago processed food they eat will have labels that She is one of three New Zealanders on the 10- University, and served on the Food and Nutrition will tell them exactly what’s in the food.” member board responsible for developing food Advisory Committee for the Ministry of Health She believes labelling of food has a very standards for both countries. The development from 1996-1999. She is immediate past-president important role because diabetes and heart of food standards must be based on risk analysis of the NZ Dietetic Association. disease affects a large number of Maori. They using the best available scientific evidence, the The board comprises people from Australia and can use the labels to see how much saturated promotion of consistency between domestic and New Zealand with expertise in food science, and unsaturated fats and also sugars are in the international food standards, the desirability of research and environmental safety, human food and hopefully choose foods that will help an efficient and internationally domestic and nutrition, consumer rights, food production and control their conditions. internationally competitive food industry and the retailing, public health, public administration, More Maori people are checking food labels promotion of fair trading in food. public policy. Board members each serve a because of their participation in Maori nutritional And while her position requires many hours three-year term. Board meetings are held mainly programmes that promote the need to read food reading to prepare for ANZFA’s bi-monthly in Australia. labels as one way to help them eat healthy meetings, she is enjoying the challenge. Hiki met the board’s selection criteria requiring food. Maori Land Court judge makes history Ngati Porou have one of their own at the helm for Technical Cooperation Graduate Fellow of the Tairawhiti Maori Land Court. in Human Rights Education. Since 1999, In December, Caren Wickliffe was sworn in as she has worked as Waikato University’s the first Maori woman judge in the Maori Land Director of Graduate Studies for the Law Court’s 135-year history. School and as a senior law lecturer. In At the ceremony held at Gisborne’s Te Poho o December, she was awarded the Human Rawiri Marae, Chief Maori Land Court Judge Rights Commission’s Millennium Medal and Joe Williams said Caren brought credibility to also won the media category at the her new role. Throughout her career, she had commission’s awards. become someone who was known, respected “It is a great honour to be asked to take on and ultimately trusted. such a distinguished position in an area that Judge Wickliffe (Ngati Porou, with connections is so close to my heart. It is a position that to other local iwi) has raised three daughters comes with great responsibility and I will and graduated from Victoria University as a do my best to serve the region well.” mature student with an LLB in 1988. She She has strong connections to Rangitukia, graduated with an LLM in 1997. , and Te Araroa through her great- Judge Wickliffe has appeared as counsel before grandparents Wi Kaa, Kawini Huriwai, and the Waitangi Tribunal several times, represented Wi Takoko and grandparents Ripeka Tahuru Maori trusts, published books, papers and Kaa and Pakura Takoko. She is the articles on Maori issues. She studied in the US daughter of Pakura Te Matekini Takoko and and spent two years at the University of the is married to Walton Walker also of Ngati Judge Wickliffe, her husband Walton Walker and South Pacific in Fiji as the Commonwealth Fund Porou. daughter Te Aomihia Walker.

page thirteen Te Runanga o Ngati Porou NATI LINK December 2000 The Porourangi Maori Cultural School This is the third lecture delivered by Sir of the canoes by reference to the genealogical (Song 226 in Nga Moteatea: Part 3) Apirana Ngata at the Porourangi School of records of each tribe. Whakaturia ra te tutira ki roto o Uawa, Maori Culture. At present many students are inclined to date Kia tirohia koe e Te Tokooterangi Rauru-Nui-A-Toi Course: Lecture 3 many canoe arrivals several generations before Tenei haramai nei, he kotuku tangata We can appreciate the vast distances of the the Fleet of Tauira 1350 canoe, which landed E he ana koe te hua a Materoa ocean that they traversed in their canoes, by at Whangaparaoa, bringing Motatau and other Te kiri o Hinekehu, ka tokia e te hau. reference to the calculated spans between ancestors of Ngariki, a tribe which occupied Ka unu ra koe te wai o Tinirau island groups and between those groups from the coast from Whangaparaoa Te kai nui a kae ki te pakake ra ia; which our ancestors came and New Zealand. to Maketu, and perhaps further; Mangarara, Utuhia ra ki te taha ko te Mitimitioterangi Polynesian navigators made the Pacific a lake, which landed at the and established Ka unu ra koe Waitoti ! Waitota! so confident and matter-of-course were they a colony there on Tokairakau foundation which From a lament for Kahawai, otherwise Mahuika in their journeyings to and fro on its waters was already there; Te Aratauwhaiti, Te of Tokomaru (song 255 in Nga Moteatea: Part 3) without compass or motive power or charts. Aratawhao and some earlier canoes from an Kumea atu ra, toia mai ra, i Although we are not yet dealing in detail with island called Mataora, which colonised the I tona uru mahora Hawaiki those of you who are able to should Whakatane and adjoining areas established Ki te matatahuna, e i familiarise yourselves with the literature on the Tini o Awa, te Tini O Toi, the Kawerau, Ka tuhera to riu koe totara whakarangiura Polynesia. In addition to Best’s monograph Waitaha, Ngamarama and other early To kiri waitutu, te kiri o Hinekehu, there are brilliant passages in Dr Te Polynesian tribes in the Bay of Plenty; and Ka ngaro ra koe i te rehutai, e i. Rangihiroa’s ‘The Vikings of the Sunrise’ on perhaps our own Horouta, which according to The urukehu strain, not uncommon among the the same subject, which should make you Judge Gudgeon came four generations before people of this coast, must have been very proud of being descended from the greatest the 1350 Fleet. striking in this lady for the features of the skin seamen and navigators of all time. Our last map is MAP III of the Horouta canoe and hair to be commemorated in the poetry. I wish now to add MAP 1A to show on a area. The external boundaries are shown in The Tamataonui branch of her family was bred larger scale the islands of the Society Group, red and the main internal subdivisions in green. at Whangara, Tamataonui’s daughter the Hawaiki of the Maori. Against some of the In our last lecture I gave a list of what were Kahukuraamoko married Kotaroa, a son of islands are names, which are familiar to us in probably the earliest names applied to the Materoa by her second husband Tamaterongo. New Zealand. They have been collected by features of the area, some by the Toi peoples, Kahukuramooko’s son, Tamataonui (named many research students. The list is by no others by the crews of vessels anterior to after his grandfather) is known to have married means complete. If in the course of your Horouta and Takitimu. The names given by Tamateakui, daughter of Uetaha, at Whangara. reading you come across names associated Paoa, the captain of Horouta, and others of the After Uetaha and his relatives reconquered with any of the islands in this group you should crew will be noted on the map, when we get the country we call Te Araroa it was from note them. Sufficient names associated with the supply of blank maps from the headquarters Whangara that Tamateakui and her husband Tahaa or Kuporu, Porapora or Wawau and of the Geographic Board in Wellington. We migrated to Karakatuwhero, Kahukuraamoko’s Tahiti have been collected to make it probable shall have to devote a special lecture to the second child Iwipuru married Tauwhero, a that our East Coast ancestors lived there and coming of this canoe, the many traditions grand-daughter of the Mahaki (Tauheikuri) from that some of them came from those islands. concerned with it, descent from its crew and whom Te Aitanga a Mahaki of the Poverty This aspect will be developed more fully in the names bequeathed to our map. Bay district derived their name. The subsequent lectures on Hawaiki. We pass on now to continue the comments on descendants live at Poverty Bay. MAP II,The Canoe Areas of the , the genealogical tables, taking those numbered So far as Ngati Porou history is concerned now shows the boundaries of the various 3 and 5. At the end of our last lecture we had we do not get anything striking in the areas. These boundaries are not final, but are reviewed the sons of Hau, Rakaipo, Tamataonui branch of the Hinekehu family until those compiled by the Maori Centennial Atlas Awapururu, and Tuere, traced the story of the the generation after Tamataonui the second. Committee as far as their research went up to descendants of Rakaipo through Rakaiwetenga His son Kauwhakatuakina and the grandson the outbreak of the present war. The legend to Hinekehu and her younger sister, Tamawhero were among the great warriors of under the title gives the names of the Canoe Rakaimoehau, and of Taiau, second son of Ngati Porou and Te Whanau A Apanui, but Areas, of the migrating Canoes from which Awapururu. their story belongs to the period of the respective area names were derived and Between the period of Rakaiwetenga and that Tuwhakairiora, which we shall reach in its of the main tribes occupying each area. Along of Hinekehu the descendants of Porourangi proper order. the coastline of the map I have shown the were moving northwards to Tolaga Bay, With Hinekehu’s second child, Whaene, and landfalls and probable resting places of as Anaura, Tokomaru and beyond. Hinekehu is her marriage to Poroumata we come to a many of the canoes, as we are told of in one of the leading ancestresses of Ngati Porou. family, which more than any other has tradition. The compilation and mapping of this She was as her name imports a kehu or influenced the course of Ngati Porou history class of data has just begun and further urukehu, light haired and fair skinned. This and the settlement of that part of the East Coast, research may add to our knowledge and map. characteristic is mentioned in two songs from which extends from Waikawa, a little south of It will be interesting to date the order of arrival which I quote. Waipiro to . Authorities are not page fourteen Te Runanga o Ngati Porou NATI LINK December 2000 The Porourangi Maori Cultural School agreed, where Whaene and Poroumata were Porourangi element down to the present day. name Te Arikiupokotini, the Lord chief of the born and where their children were bred. Some North of Ngati Ruanuku and south of the many. The name Ngati Tangiia is in existence say, that they lived at Uawa (Tolaga Bay), Maraehara the was today. while others indicate as their birth- occupied by another section of Te Wahineiti, It is probable that some such pattern of place. Disputes regarding the ownership of and by descendants of Toi and Porourangi resolving tribal or clan designations operated lands between Waikawa and Tuparoa have elements, that had penetrated northwards. The on this coast in the case of Ngati Ruanuku, vitiated the native evidence, and we have to papatipu land claims of Te Aokairakau, Pokai Te Wahineiti, Ngati Rongomai, Ngai accept the existence of conflicting traditions. Rongomaiwharemanuka, Rakairoa and Te Tumoana, Pararaki, Ngai Tuere and other It is probable, that several important events Aomania were founded on the occupation of early communities. and movements were coming to a head in the mixed elements. Whether we adopt the story of ancestor several settlements of the Porourangi North of Maraehara was the territory of Ruanuku having originated the clan name or descendants and of the Toi peoples. Their order Ruawaipu another Toi people, its extension the story of a people from the south, who is a matter for intensive research, but at this northwards embracing lands north of the accompanied Tahu to the obsequies of moment and until our review of the traditional Karakatuwhero stream, but how much further Porourangi at Whangara, a tribe as numerous and genealogical evidence is more advanced north and northwest is a matter disputed by as Ngati Ruanuku could not have been bred we are left to speculate. At the risk of upsetting the elders. in the time from a common ancestor or from the chronology of our story we must pursue It is clear, that the numerous population which the crew of Tahu’s canoe. What is more the fortunes of Hinekehu’s daughter Whaene occupied the East Coast from Waikawa probable is that the name covered a number and her husband, Poroumata. northwards cannot be explained by the natural of unrelated clans, who lived in one We find them living in and about Whareponga growth of the Pororurangi stock. neighbourhood, had common interests and in among a people called Ngati Ruanuku. The We have to regard it up to the time of Poroumata particular the interest of self-defence. It has origin of this tribe is obscure. Some historians and for three or four generations after his death been suggested that in the area between account for them by saying, that they were as an intrusive element, which penetrated into Waikawa and Waitotoki (south of Tuparoa) Te derived from the crew of the vessel, which communities of earlier settlers. Wahineiti and Ngati Ruanuku were one and brought Tahupotiki, the younger brother of The elders have passed on to us the names of the same. Mohi Turei’s account of Porourangi to Whangara when the latter died, many of these communities, which will also Tuwhakairiora begins with this paragraph. that they were from the South Island, Aropawa, be found in the traditions of the tribes of the “Poroumata and his wife Whaene were well and were the servants of the Tahutioro, son of Bay of Plenty. These include Te Raupo- born, being descendants of Porourangi. Their Tahupotiki. Whatever their origin we find Ngati ngaoheohe, Te Tawa-rauriki, Te Tururu- tribe was Ngati Ruanuku. The chief clans of Ruanuku in great numbers and strongly mauku, Te Kokomuka-tarawhare, Te Aruhe- the tribe were Hore, Mana, Te Koreke, Te entrenched in hill forts above Whareponga and tawiri. Moko-whaka-hoihoi, e Pananehu and . Their great pas were Kokai (formerly These sound like descriptions applied by the Pohoumama.” known as Pukenamunamu ),Tokatea,Tongaanu latter to the early settlers. In the district about Now from other accounts we are told, that and others.We are told, that they were a very Whakatane these and other communities, Hore and Mana were some of the chiefs of numerous people. In the days of including Te Kawerau, Marangaranga, Te Wahineiti living at Waikawa, south of Tuwhakairiora, grandson of Poroumata, the Maruiwi, Te Kotoreohua and others were Waipiro, in the time of the conquest of that people who streamed down from Tongaanu pa grouped under the name Te Whanau a Toi, district by Tuwhakairiora, as will be told in to meet his army was described as an the family of Toi. Many of these communities due course. The other clans mentioned as immense multitude, who came down battalion preceded the generation of Toi, were among the early settlers grouped under the by battalion. impregnated with his blood or came under same name of Te Whanau a Toi or Te Uri o At the time of Poroumata the accounts agree, the mantle of his descendants, whether they Toi. that the district between Waipiro and Tuparoa traced from him or not. Much the same We shall return to this subject in later lectures. was well populated. To the south of Ngati process of gathering diverse elements of a We will see presently in tracing out other Ruanuku and occupying pas at Waikawa, population, not necessarily connected by sections of Hinekehu’s descendants, that they south of Waipiro, was a branch of the people blood, under the authority and name of some intermarried with Ngati Uepohatu, a people called Te Wahineiti. This people had pas inland outstanding personality has occurred in wholly descended from Toi who made their of Waipiro and along the and various parts of Polynesia and here in New first contacts with the Porourangi stock Kopuaroa valleys. North of Ngati Ruanuku Zealand. In Rarotonga for instance Tangiia through inter-marriage with the Hinekehu line. lived Ngati Uepohatu, occupying the coast was the chief or ariki of several clans, Te The Ngati Hinekehu and Ngati Uepohatu from Tuparoa to Reporua and westwards to Neke, Te Kairira, Te Manaune, Te became intertwined genealogically and in the range dividing this coast from the Bay of Kavekaveka, who were grouped under the regard to their land holdings. Plenty. We shall see later in the special lecture name Ngati Tangiia, although his own children on Ngati Uepohatu, that they were a Toi tribe had all been killed and he had adopted whose land claims were based on that ancestor Taiteariki, son of the famous Whiro to be ariki The second part of this lecture will appear and were not disturbed by the influx of the to his clans.To this adopted son he gave the in the next issue of Nati Link.

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Looking for the best sporting and cerebral talent Calling all touch, swimming and trivial Hikurangi Sports Club, the event will be all age groups. There will be numerous pursuit fanatics. held at Ngata Memorial College, Ruatoria cash prizes. Last year, Tuatini Marae from The Ngati Porou inter-marae New Year on January 3. Tokomaru Bay beat 11 other teams to win sports festival is looming and the search The festival is held to strengthen the first aggregate prize. They received is on for the team that boasts the best whanaungatanga, promote a healthy $4150 in prize money. Anyone interested sporting and cerebral talent. Organised lifestyle and raise funds for local marae. in participating should contact their local by the Runanga in conjunction with the The festival is a fun social event open to marae. Plenty of Ngati Porou merchandise to buy If you are stuck for Christmas present ideas then check out the runanga website. Nati tribal wear, framed photographs of Hikurangi, and Ngati Porou East Coast rugby jerseys are some of the goods available that are ideal for under the Christmas tree. The site has something for everyone. For as little as $5 you can buy a Ngati Porou poster. If you want to splurge on something special you can spend $280 on a framed collage of Hikurangi, Hikurangi cost $35 for adults and $15 for Waka Taurapa also cost $35. And if you want Te Aio o Nukutaimemeha Taurapa and the children. to keep abreast of Ngati Porou news you can . Black. Purple baseball caps Polo shirts also displaying images of Hikurangi, also subscribe to Nati Link for $28.80. touting ‘Ngati Porou’ cost $15 while T-shirts of the Waiapu River, the Maui Whakairo or the You can check out the merchandise at www.ngatiporou.iwi.nz. and order goods by emailing [email protected]. Prices are subject to change without notice. Hot off the press, selling at $29.95, are the Hikurangi Maunga 2000 videos. Two 60 minute vidoes covering the Hikurangi Maunga/Ngati porou C2000 celebration.

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